Valuation

In today’s fast-evolving property market it is imperative to have a clear understanding of the true value of your assets. Our 131-strong team of RICS Registered valuers provides you with that understanding, reporting in detail on the current and potential value of your property. That in turn enables you to make the right financial decisions, fulfil your regulatory obligations and understand and manage value risks effectively.

We allocate RICS Registered valuers with relevant market knowledge and the right specialist skills to every instruction. Our range of skills and experience enables us to undertake more than 4000 valuation projects a year, for clients ranging from local authorities to central government landowners to large corporates. We hold positions on major lending institutions panels, including Aviva plc, HSBC, Barclays, Santander, Lloyds TSB, Royal Bank of Scotland plc, and work with many leading brokers and investors.

Our client satisfaction surveys repeatedly show that 100% of our clients would use us again, and 100% would recommend us to others.

Our valuation practice combines consistent, established processes with the expertise of our experienced RICS Registered team to deliver accurate valuations, fast – no matter how specialised your requirement. We have 24 valuation teams around the UK and Ireland, providing local knowledge and dedicated service, wherever you and your assets are.

Valuations conducted by experts in their field

Valuation is a specialist skill. That’s why we insist that all valuations we undertake are conducted by RICS Registered valuers, and that every project is led by senior members of our valuation team, supported by local knowledge. We have specialist valuers in 40 different sectors, covering different property types and valuation purposes, to ensure you get the best advice available.

Consistent methodology and comprehensive quality control

To deliver an average of 4000 valuations a year within our clients’ required timescales, we apply a consistent methodology to all projects, and deliver reports in a customer-friendly format – developing bespoke templates for individual clients. Each report goes through robust internal quality control, to ensure that the advice we provide is reasoned and robust. All reports reflect latest RICS and statutory requirements.

Access to a vast knowledge base

Our valuation team is able to draw on perhaps the largest proprietary database of property information: our own. The LSH National Property Database includes details of all the transactions in which our company has been involved – some 70% of total UK property transactions, covering office, retail and industrial/logistics property. This gives us a wealth of up-to-date evidence, at a local level, on which to base valuations.

Focus on results

Above all, we believe valuation is a means to an end: enabling you to make the right decisions about your property assets. All our advice is geared to helping you do that.

Specialisms

Our valuers know offices, retail and industrial/distribution inside out. You might not be aware that we know a number of specialist markets just as well.

Every property is different. Some operate in specific markets and should be valued by people with specialist skills in those markets. You can be confident that we’ll only use valuers with the appropriate experience, skills and knowledge to value properties in these specialist markets.

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We offer nearly 30 years experience in the airport related property sector. Extensive knowledge of sector trends and understanding of operational considerations allows us to react quickly to deliver specialist solutions, whether for airport owners, handling agents, airlines or related businesses, be they operators or institutional support services.

We understand that, to assess the market rent and value of a car park, we need to consider the nature of the car park holding. We’ll look at operational agreements with car park operators as well as the income generated from each car park for the past 12 months.

We’re experienced valuers in this sector, having undertaken work for NCP, the largest independent private car park operator in the UK, as well as for private companies and local authorities.

We’re experienced at valuing crematoria for investors, developers, private operators and local authorities.

As the majority of crematoria are still in public sector ownership, we undertake valuations on an operational entity basis, taking into account the unique characteristics of the facility which is valued on a depreciated replacement cost basis.

Educational property represents a broad sector including day nurseries, universities, independent schools, academies and further education colleges. We have extensive experience in valuing each of these property types for various parties, including lenders, occupiers, investors, developers, and local authorities.

We advise lenders, operators, investors and developers so they can optimise their position on their property-related decisions in this constantly changing sector.

Ancillary services are becoming increasing important in the health and fitness sector; we can also help our clients through the various processes and significant property costs of expansion and consolidation.

The value of a healthcare property is usually based on profitability, a different approach from mainstream commercial valuation. Our experienced specialist valuers will look at every item of expenditure to make sure that it reflects a competent operator.We’ve acted on behalf of many of the major lending institutions, property funds, private investors, charities and operators in the long term care, specialist care and private hospital sectors.

We offer an experienced valuation service in respect of marinas and maritime property generally, providing valuations for a range of purposes including company accounts, taxation, secured lending acquisition and disposal.

We provide specialist advice on the valuation, disposal and acquisition of motor trade property throughout the country, including petrol filling stations, motor dealerships, tyre and exhaust centres, roadside restaurants and car rental premises.

Detailed and specialist knowledge of this complex and evolving marketplace is essential if transactions and valuations are to reflect current market conditions and operator requirements. We have over 20 years’ experience in this sector, with clients including Shell UK Limited, Total UK Limited, Inchcape Retail and Kwik Fit, as well as all the major banks and lending institutions.

We have years of experience of undertaking valuations and appraisals of a wide range of development projects from small owner occupier single unit development sites or Listed refurbishments to major mixed use city schemes. Our network enables us to provide up to date, unrivalled market information, which is imperative when undertaking viability studies along with the support of our comprehensive agency and research departments allowing us to advise on a broad spectrum of projects nationwide.

There are many sub sectors in the residential sector – from investments and portfolios to ground rents and development land. We understand the characteristics that affect each and will provide a concise, thorough and realistic assessment of a property’s performance.

Our clients include high street banks and building societies; banks; bridging lenders and property funds; house builders, developers and investors; accountants; solicitors; London Boroughs, housing associations and charities.

Sports stadia and football ground assets are valued in different ways, depending on the purpose of the valuation. As each approach may produce different figures, it’s essential to understand the purpose of the valuation.

We offer an experienced valuation service in this specialist area for both private sector and public sector bodies.

Mobile Telecommunications networks are relatively new to the property sector, with significant rollout of base stations starting in the early 1990’s following deregulation of the telecommunications industry in 1984 and the granting of spectrum licences to private companies. We understand the importance of

Location, including line of sight, surrounding sites, the value of permitted equipment rights, likelihood of obtaining planning consent; and

Site ownership/tenure and the comparable flexibility of licences and long leases and the value of specific terms herein.

We have a sound understanding of the current market, operators and landlords, an up to date knowledge of legislation, guidelines and best practice and are therefore best placed to meet your valuation needs.

An up-to-date valuation can often be the catalyst for actions and decisions across your property portfolio. Our comprehensive range of property services can help you take forward acquisition or disposal strategies, review leases or rating, or consider building improvements.

Agency services

Rating

Our valuation reports may highlight differences between rental value and Rateable Value. Our service will help you find out more about your potential and existing rates liabilities and how you may be able to reduce them. Find out more about our rating services

Lease advisory

From rent reviews and lease renewals to lease restructuring and strategic asset management, our lease advisory services can help you implement recommendations from our valuation reports to enhance the value of your portfolio. Find out more about our lease advisory services

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